TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Buffalo Bills 2020 vs New Orleans Saints 2025
Two offensive identities side by side — any team, any season against any other — the flow of each attack and a play-calling ledger with the shift on every metric.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is Buffalo Bills 2020 minus New Orleans Saints 2025
| Metric | BUF | Shift | NO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,185 | — | 1,061 |
| Pass rate | 66.6% | +3.4% | 63.1% |
| Shotgun rate | 56.2% | −20.2% | 76.4% |
| Explosive rate | 15.4% | +5.4% | 10.0% |
| Success rate | 49.7% | +7.7% | 42.0% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 72.6% | −2.1% | 74.6% |
| 12 personnel | 7.8% | −8.7% | 16.5% |
| 13 personnel | 1.0% | −2.6% | 3.6% |
| 10 personnel | 16.4% | +16.4% | 0.0% |
| 20 personnel | 1.4% | +1.4% | 0.0% |
| 02 personnel | 0.0% | −1.1% | 1.1% |
| 03 personnel | 0.0% | −1.9% | 1.9% |
| Other personnel | 0.8% | −1.3% | 2.2% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Buffalo Bills · 2020
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 505 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 194 |
| 10 personnel → Shotgun | 132 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 93 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 64 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 40 |
| 10 personnel → Empty | 36 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 22 |
| 10 personnel → Pistol | 16 |
| 20 personnel → Shotgun | 14 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 12 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 11 |
| 10 personnel → Singleback | 9 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 6 |
| 13 personnel → Other | 5 |
| Other → Empty | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 3 |
| 11 personnel → Unknown | 3 |
| Other → Other | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 2 |
| Other → Shotgun | 2 |
| 10 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Unknown | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 20 personnel → Pistol | 1 |
| Other → I_Form | 1 |
| Unknown → Unknown | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 529 |
| Singleback → Run | 177 |
| Shotgun → Run | 137 |
| Empty → Pass | 129 |
| Singleback → Pass | 90 |
| Pistol → Run | 40 |
| I_Form → Run | 25 |
| Pistol → Pass | 17 |
| I_Form → Pass | 15 |
| Other → Run | 8 |
| Other → Pass | 7 |
| Empty → Run | 6 |
| Unknown → Run | 3 |
| Unknown → Pass | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 365 |
| Pass → Success | 292 |
| Run → Failure | 231 |
| Pass → Explosive | 132 |
| Run → Success | 115 |
| Run → Explosive | 50 |
New Orleans Saints · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 690 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 87 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 82 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 79 |
| 13 personnel → Under Center | 28 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 15 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 14 |
| Other → Shotgun | 14 |
| 03 personnel → Under Center | 11 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 10 |
| 03 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 02 personnel → Under Center | 7 |
| Other → Under Center | 7 |
| 02 personnel → Shotgun | 5 |
| Other → Pistol | 2 |
| Unknown → Shotgun | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 604 |
| Shotgun → Run | 207 |
| Under Center → Run | 161 |
| Under Center → Pass | 58 |
| Pistol → Run | 23 |
| Pistol → Pass | 8 |
| Pass → Failure | 367 |
| Run → Failure | 248 |
| Pass → Success | 224 |
| Run → Success | 116 |
| Pass → Explosive | 79 |
| Run → Explosive | 27 |